Playoffs 2013Did You See That? Zdeno Chara's glove saves Bruins

Posted: Saturday, June 8, 2013 | 01:25 AM

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly shakes hands with Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins in front of the Prince of Wales Trophy after the Bruins swept the Pittsburgh Penguins at TD Garden on Friday in Boston. (Alex Trautwig/Getty Images)

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Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara needed every inch of his six-foot-nine frame to help prevent Pittsburgh from scoring a late equalizer on Friday night in Boston's 1-0, series-clinching win.

The Boston Bruins broke out the brooms to polish off the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.

But it was Zdeno Chara's arm that swept away any chance of a late Penguins rally in Game 4.

The Boston Bruins defenceman needed every inch of his six-foot-nine frame to help prevent Pittsburgh from scoring a late equalizer on Friday night in Boston's 1-0, series-clinching win.

Down and out of position with less than a minute left to play in regulation, Chara reached out in desperation to rob Penguins sniper Evgeni Malkin with his left glove hand.

As his squad clinged to the lead, Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask bit as Malkin carried the puck to the left side of the goal. Chara, in turn, dove in an attempt to steal the puck, but the Pittsburgh forward was able to elude the defenceman, and found himself staring at an open net -- that is, until Chara's outstretched arm snatched away any hope for a comeback.

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Rod PerryRod grew up in the west end of Toronto and did his undergraduate degree at Wilfrid Laurier University, majoring in English and minoring in Psychology. He's always had an infatuation with anything sports-related and took his passion to Centennial College's sports journalism program for a post-graduate education. He's also still miffed about the Kelly Gruber botched triple play call in the 1992 World Series.

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